It is set to join Srdjan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film, which was pulled from last month's FrightFest after the British Board of Film Classification and Westminster Council required its graphic scenes to be pared down.

Elliot Grove, Raindance's founder, said: "It's important to understand that these films weren't programmed because people have dubbed them as 'controversial'.

"In many cases we've been following these films throughout the year, and before anybody even mentioned them as causing any supposed offence. We feel audiences have the right to pass their own judgement, and people know exactly what they are seeing."